NAIDOC Week 2020
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia every July with many events to acknowledge Indigenous history, culture, and achievements. However, due to COVID-19, NAIDOC week was postponed for 2020. Or did it come earlier? This year’s theme for NAIDOC week is Always Was, Always Will Be. It recognises that First Nations people occupied and cared […]
Feast of the Sacred Heart Message
Greetings on the feast of the Sacred Heart. Today (19 June) we celebrate the feast of the Sacred Heart. This feast speaks of the love God has for each of one of us and the love we are called to extend to one another. Devotion to the Sacred Heart was integral to the spirituality of […]
Laudato Si’ Webinar: Part Three
In May 2015 Pope Francis launched his encyclical with the subtitle “On Care for our Common Home” and the title “Laudato Si’” which are the opening words for a hymn composed by St Francis of Assisi in the 1200s. For our time, this document is both relevant and important, since it highlights the priority that […]
Media Release: Sr Margaret Cleary Awarded Order of Australia Medal
Sister Margaret Cleary of the Sisters of Saint Joseph awarded Order of Australia Medal in Queen’s Birthday Honours. The Sisters of Saint Joseph are delighted to announce that Sister Margaret Cleary has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020 For Service to the Catholic Church of […]
So Small a Beginning: Part 3
Sr Marie Foale speaks about the beginnings of the Institute of St Joseph for the Catholic education of poor children. She believes that as a young Josephite growing up, she had a sense that one day Mary MacKillop and Julian Tenison Woods had made a spontaneous decision to found an order.
Josephite Charism
Never See a Need…. During a Pandemic. Sisters, and those inspired by the charism of Mary MacKillop, have ministered in a Josephite spirit since 1866. They have been inspired by the words of their Founder Rev Julian Tenison Woods: ‘Never see a need without doing something about it’ and their ministries have been in many […]
Mabo Day 2020
We commemorate Mabo Day on 3 June to honour the courageous efforts of Eddie Koiki Mabo to overturn the fiction of terra nullius (land belonging to no-one). My name is Edward Mabo, but my island name is Koiki. My family has occupied the land here for hundreds of years before Captain Cook was born. They […]
National Volunteers Week 2020
Volunteering at Mary MacKillop Place, Mount Street, North Sydney. Arriving at the Business Centre of North Sydney the scene is one of a busy working environment. Cars, buses and people going many ways to engage in their daily duties to serve the community. A short walk up the hill of Mount Street we arrive at […]
Laudato Si’ Webinar: Part Two
In May 2015 Pope Francis launched his encyclical with the subtitle “On Care for our Common Home” and the title “Laudato Si’” which are the opening words for a hymn composed by St Francis of Assisi in the 1200s. For our time, this document is both relevant and important, since it highlights the priority that […]
So Small a Beginning: Part 2
Sr Marie Foale speaks about the beginnings of the Institute of St Joseph for the Catholic education of poor children. She believes that as a young Josephite growing up, she had a sense that one day Mary MacKillop and Julian Tenison Woods had made a spontaneous decision to found an order.
Our Commitment, Documents & Policies
The Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart are fortunate to take inspiration from Mary MacKillop, who was a pioneer woman who fought and advocated for the protection of children. Mary MacKillop’s strength and bravery to speak out against the injustices inflicted on children, during a time in our history when children were considered […]
Laudato Si’ Webinar: Part One
In May 2015 Pope Francis launched his encyclical with the subtitle “On Care for our Common Home” and the title “Laudato Si’” which are the opening words for a hymn composed by St Francis of Assisi in the 1200s. For our time, this document is both relevant and important, since it highlights the priority that […]